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all the news today made for a testy white house press briefing with press secretary jay carney clearly playing defense on the talking points. >> jay, you told us that the only changes that were made by stylistic. is it a stylistic change to take out all references to previous terror threats in benghazi? >> well, i appreciate the question, again, and i think that what i was referring to was the talking points that the cia drafted and sent around to which one change was made. and i accept that stylistic may not precisely describe the change of one word to another. >> this was not a change of one word to another. these underwent extensive changes after they were written by the cia. >> there was an interagency process which is always the case. >> that was jonathan carl asking that question. he's one who broke this story for abc. danielle, let me begin with you. when you look at the editing of the talking points, is this the way it looks when you're watching sausage being made, or is this evidence of some form of cover-up. >> well, i think it's a little bit of both, honestly. clearly, in an
all the news today made for a testy white house press briefing with press secretary jay carney clearly playing defense on the talking points. >> jay, you told us that the only changes that were made by stylistic. is it a stylistic change to take out all references to previous terror threats in benghazi? >> well, i appreciate the question, again, and i think that what i was referring to was the talking points that the cia drafted and sent around to which one change was made. and i...
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regarded figures in national -- >> you have been listening to jay carney answer myriad questions when it comes to what happened in benghazi, libya september 11 of last year. jake tapper will be all over it this next hour. that does it for me here in a very rainy cleveland, ohio. thanks for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> the white house facing some tough questions. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, michelle knight in cleveland is now free to come and go as she pleases after she was released from the hospital this afternoon. but questions are swirling about why police took her name off the fbi data base way back in 2003. >>> the politics lead. originally the obama administration talking points on the terrorist attack at benghazi reportedly mentioned warning signs and al qaeda. 12 revisions later, poof. vanished. now the white house and the state department have even more explaining to do. >>> and the world lead. trapped for 16 days in the debris of a building collapse that killed 1,000 people. but today an amazing story of survival am
regarded figures in national -- >> you have been listening to jay carney answer myriad questions when it comes to what happened in benghazi, libya september 11 of last year. jake tapper will be all over it this next hour. that does it for me here in a very rainy cleveland, ohio. thanks for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> the white house facing some tough questions. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, michelle...
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i think what jay carney is asking is what is the end game? it doesn't seem he believes that there will ever be enough, enough answered questions to satisfy republicans. what is the end game? what do you want to know? >> that is a good -- that is -- i'm not saying this is watergate. probably more like iran contra. >> how so? >> i want the survivors of the attack, i want, you know, reagan said we're g-- we didn't trade hostages for arms but we did. i want to find out from the people there not from me, not from some political machine, make the survivors of the attack available to the congress. we have been stonewalled. i am asking the administration and insist upon every survivor and participant in benghazi be made available to congress. how did the accountability review board miss all of the e-mails indicating that the talking points were changed? how did they get the story so wrong? there are good people who did the accountability review board but what congress has found is completely different than what the arb report showed. then i want the
i think what jay carney is asking is what is the end game? it doesn't seem he believes that there will ever be enough, enough answered questions to satisfy republicans. what is the end game? what do you want to know? >> that is a good -- that is -- i'm not saying this is watergate. probably more like iran contra. >> how so? >> i want the survivors of the attack, i want, you know, reagan said we're g-- we didn't trade hostages for arms but we did. i want to find out from the...
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white house spokesman jay carney disputes claims the e-mails suggest the white house was more involved in the crafting of talking points about the attacks than about what actually happened. >> republicans have chosen, in the latest iteration of their efforts to politicize this. to provide, you know, leak this information to reporters, information that we provided months ago, to republican lawmakers from the relevant committees, and republican leadership, as well as democratic. >> all right. meanwhile republicans are asking for investigations into the irs. the agency apologized friday after some employees of their cincinnati office were found to have flagged groups with the words tea party or patriot ahead of the 2012 election. those groups received extra scrutiny during the tax exempt application process, including being asked to provide a list of donors. so joining me to talk about all of this. national political reporter for politico wanda summers and congressional reporter for "the washington post" ed o'keefe. thanks for being with me today. >> great to be with you. >> thanks for ha
white house spokesman jay carney disputes claims the e-mails suggest the white house was more involved in the crafting of talking points about the attacks than about what actually happened. >> republicans have chosen, in the latest iteration of their efforts to politicize this. to provide, you know, leak this information to reporters, information that we provided months ago, to republican lawmakers from the relevant committees, and republican leadership, as well as democratic. >>...
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there's three ekz sections all of which the american people are entitled to, and so far, jay carney has said a lot of things that aren't believable even to you and the rest of the press. we've had testimony by people under oath that i think are pretty believable, and i know they're accountable for what they say. >> who else do you want to hear from in the days and the weeks ahead? >> well, on monday i'll be sending ambassador pickering a request for deposition. we're going to want to go through at length how the arb reached its conclusions, who it interviewed and why we believe there are -- >> the accountability review board. >> right. i mean, ultimately if that got it right, then we can put this to a rest. we believe it was insufficient. we believe that it's likely that they did not interview all the people. we have one witness who said i wanted to be interviewed and i wasn't. one of the questions that came out of our hearing, gregory hicks, the act being ambassador has not been allowed to look at the classified arb report even though he is the foremost authority on what was happening
there's three ekz sections all of which the american people are entitled to, and so far, jay carney has said a lot of things that aren't believable even to you and the rest of the press. we've had testimony by people under oath that i think are pretty believable, and i know they're accountable for what they say. >> who else do you want to hear from in the days and the weeks ahead? >> well, on monday i'll be sending ambassador pickering a request for deposition. we're going to want...
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is it just politics like jay carney is contending? >> unfortunately, right now i think they are making it too political. just like the charges against the obama administration was that they were -- they wanted to change the talking points because it would have politically hurt them. right now benghazi is a really serious issue. they can go through and see what happened, where the meltdown came from, and they can see the painer trail through these e-mails. they're right to ask for the white house to provide them. they don't need to be hyperpartisan on it. they don't need to go after hillary clinton right now because once it unfolds, if it's as bad as everyone thinks it probably is, it will take care of itself. >> apparently karl rove's super pac has not heard what you just said because, morris, as you know, they released the first attack ad of the 2016 campaign this week criticizing hillary clint clinton. >> how could this happen? why did she blame a video? >> was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who
is it just politics like jay carney is contending? >> unfortunately, right now i think they are making it too political. just like the charges against the obama administration was that they were -- they wanted to change the talking points because it would have politically hurt them. right now benghazi is a really serious issue. they can go through and see what happened, where the meltdown came from, and they can see the painer trail through these e-mails. they're right to ask for the...
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white house press secretary jay carney got a number of questions during his daily briefing yesterday on this very topic and he said any changes that were made to those talking points that the white house weighed in on were stylistic in nature and not substantive. having said that, it has been revealed that the white house was involved in those discussions as was the state department so one thing is clear, chris, this issue is not going away for this white house or for the state department. that could of course have implications for former secretary of state hillary clinton if she does decide to run for president. these are questions that she will long have to answer. one thing that's interesting. the president will be in austin trying to change the topic back to the economy today. >> i think that the introduction of john boehner means that this is not going to go away at least not today for sure. we're going to continue to follow the president's trip to texas. thank you very much, kristen welker. that wraps up this hour of "jancing and company." i'm chris jansing. stay tuned. thomas
white house press secretary jay carney got a number of questions during his daily briefing yesterday on this very topic and he said any changes that were made to those talking points that the white house weighed in on were stylistic in nature and not substantive. having said that, it has been revealed that the white house was involved in those discussions as was the state department so one thing is clear, chris, this issue is not going away for this white house or for the state department. that...
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chris, jay carney asked republicans to stop the theater. so are republicans obstructing? >> the obama administration's brought them on themselves through their use of executive orders to accomplish things. so what that has brought about is it's required republicans to go through extra scrutiny before they will go forward on this. and it's not just republicans asking for more information. it's coming from democrats, as well. so even though carney wants to make it out as if it's just republican members, it's not. it really is bipartisan asking for more information on these people because before they make these appointments, they have to make sure that there is not anything there that would cause them to not be qualified or to not be willing to at that tita position. >> and mitch mcconnell saying the obama administration is causing the delay because they haven't fully answered questions about the underlying data. that was in politico. so do they have a point? >> i think chris used the word bipartisan because this is a bipartisan problem. each side does this. this time it's t
chris, jay carney asked republicans to stop the theater. so are republicans obstructing? >> the obama administration's brought them on themselves through their use of executive orders to accomplish things. so what that has brought about is it's required republicans to go through extra scrutiny before they will go forward on this. and it's not just republicans asking for more information. it's coming from democrats, as well. so even though carney wants to make it out as if it's just...
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. >> reporter: after being pressed about the issue, white house spokesman jay carney released this statement -- if the inspector general find that there were any rules broken or that conduct of government officials did not meet the standard required of them, the president expects that swift and appropriate steps will be taken to address any misconduct. members of congress are promising more investigations. >> but the irs can target the right, one year target the left. we want to make sure that never happens in america. >> athena jones joins me live. when they talk about extra scrutiny for tea party groups what kind of measures are we talking about here? >> well, there are all sorts of examples. most of them have to do with these groups feeling like they were being buried in paperwork. i had a chance to speak to the co-founder of a group called tea party patriots, one of the nation's largest tea party organizations. she said at one point the irs asked to seefb all of the postings on their facebook fan page. that means all of the comments posted by more than 1 million facebook paifans. thousan
. >> reporter: after being pressed about the issue, white house spokesman jay carney released this statement -- if the inspector general find that there were any rules broken or that conduct of government officials did not meet the standard required of them, the president expects that swift and appropriate steps will be taken to address any misconduct. members of congress are promising more investigations. >> but the irs can target the right, one year target the left. we want to...
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you saw the white house, you saw jay carney yesterday in his briefing say, you know, no, this isn't cool. this is something we've got to look at and figure out what went wrong. so i do think still early in this process but i do think there can be -- there should be investigation. and if it can be isolated to just a few people, i think the administration ends up being okay on this. >> we have what we call legs to a story. does it have legs? meaning will it play out over time in the headlines? some are suggesting that up against benghazi people understand and sort of relate to the irs coming in and, you know, looking at your books and that this might be more powerful. >> and while we don't know who knew what and when, the fact is the irs in particular has a history most infamously with richard nixon but going back to fdr's vendetta against andrew melon of being an agency that presidents have used to harass and punish their enemies. now, there were a lot of reforms passed after watergate that were supposed to make the agency more independent and accountable, but, again, it's the historic ec
you saw the white house, you saw jay carney yesterday in his briefing say, you know, no, this isn't cool. this is something we've got to look at and figure out what went wrong. so i do think still early in this process but i do think there can be -- there should be investigation. and if it can be isolated to just a few people, i think the administration ends up being okay on this. >> we have what we call legs to a story. does it have legs? meaning will it play out over time in the...
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. >> jay carney must be getting nervous. >> we're going to be watching. >> it will be interesting cht don't miss that. it will be right here on cnn of course. >>> neighbors describe how their complaints could have helped investigators find the three kidnapped ohio women sooner. >> they claim police missed opportunities to do more. i'm also a survivor of ovarian a writand uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. ...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. >>> neighbors in the ohio community where those three missing women were rescued say enough is enough. in the cleveland neighborhood now we say -- well, actually some say the case is evidence of neglect by city officials and la
. >> jay carney must be getting nervous. >> we're going to be watching. >> it will be interesting cht don't miss that. it will be right here on cnn of course. >>> neighbors describe how their complaints could have helped investigators find the three kidnapped ohio women sooner. >> they claim police missed opportunities to do more. i'm also a survivor of ovarian a writand uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and...
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. >> last week you heard this in the piece the white house press secretary jay carney said that benghazi happened a long time ago. >> yes, it did. >> eight months ago. >> yes. >> what is your reaction to nah? >> why don't they have answers by now? they've had plenty of time to come up with something other than the things they have not told me. >> are you concerned at all that the hearings and benghazi that has become a political issue, the republicans have turned it into a political issue, democrats have turned it into a political issue as opposed to being a scandal and a tragedy apart from politics? >> of course it's political. that's the way it's been. that's how they're treating it. that's what they're doing with it. they're making it into something that -- why don't they just do their job? they didn't do their job and now they're hiding behind the word political and going from there. >> you have expressed disappointment in the past because president obama then secretary of state hillary clinton then secretary of defense leon panetta all of them came to you, talked to you. >> yes. >>
. >> last week you heard this in the piece the white house press secretary jay carney said that benghazi happened a long time ago. >> yes, it did. >> eight months ago. >> yes. >> what is your reaction to nah? >> why don't they have answers by now? they've had plenty of time to come up with something other than the things they have not told me. >> are you concerned at all that the hearings and benghazi that has become a political issue, the republicans...
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that erupted at a briefing held by white house spokesman jay carney. let's take a brief look at that. >> jay, you told us the only changes that were made were stylistic. is it a stylistic change to take out all references to previous terror threats in benghazi? >> i appreciate the question, again. and i think what i was referring to was the talking points that the cia drafted and sent around to which one change was made and i accept its stylistic may not precisely describe the change of one word to another. no, i'm just -- >> extensive changes after they were written by the cia. >> sure. >> there were other reporters who joined jonathan karl at that briefing and now seems, jim, that some many in the main stream media are on the case. >> they should be on the case. they should be angry because that carney line from way back when of this being just a stylistic, that was horse, you know the word i wanted to use there. the white house press corps should be mad when the press secretary goes out there and gives them false information. >> style cyistic is wha
that erupted at a briefing held by white house spokesman jay carney. let's take a brief look at that. >> jay, you told us the only changes that were made were stylistic. is it a stylistic change to take out all references to previous terror threats in benghazi? >> i appreciate the question, again. and i think what i was referring to was the talking points that the cia drafted and sent around to which one change was made and i accept its stylistic may not precisely describe the...
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now, white house spokesman jay carney acknowledges the edits but says they were not political in nature. >> the fact there are inputs is always the case in a process like this, but the only edits made by anyone here at the white house were stylistic and nonsubstantive. they corrected the description of the building or the facility in benghazi from consulate to diplomatic facility. >> republicans are asking for investigations into the irs. the agency alo
now, white house spokesman jay carney acknowledges the edits but says they were not political in nature. >> the fact there are inputs is always the case in a process like this, but the only edits made by anyone here at the white house were stylistic and nonsubstantive. they corrected the description of the building or the facility in benghazi from consulate to diplomatic facility. >> republicans are asking for investigations into the irs. the agency alo
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white house press secretary jay carney says the president expects swift and appropriate steps to address any misconduct if it is found. >> what we know about this is of concern. and we certainly find the actions taken as reported to be inappropriate. and we would fully expect the investigation to be thorough, and for corrections to be made. in a case like this. >> reporter: dan lothian, cnn the white house. >> our thanks to dan. coming up, the market is hot! >> hot. >> what a rally on wall street. but is it too late to buy stocks like apple? we're "minding your business" coming up next. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. and don't g
white house press secretary jay carney says the president expects swift and appropriate steps to address any misconduct if it is found. >> what we know about this is of concern. and we certainly find the actions taken as reported to be inappropriate. and we would fully expect the investigation to be thorough, and for corrections to be made. in a case like this. >> reporter: dan lothian, cnn the white house. >> our thanks to dan. coming up, the market is hot! >> hot....